♤SPRING SHIELD (MxM) ~fantasy~♤

The king of spring,part two

Elijah

Stage five is brutal. I start to lose one or more senses. I'm using nothing but my ears to know where Noid is.
He's stronger than I expected. "Do you even now how long it's been? Are you still going to insist that I have to die even though he's gone?"he asks,drown out by the sound of my blood dripping onto the ground.
He sounds tired. But he made a terrible mistake reminding me that the reason why I'm so exhausted is because I've been putting an never ending healing stream of aether through the earth. Like a pulse,just praying and begging that wherever he is now... he's doing fine.
"Noid. You made a mistake today and even if I'm going to collapse here... I'll never let you live."
"How are you so sure?"he pants,moving somewhere around me. I open my eyes,risking the blur so I can at least make something out around me. The exact moment I do he lunges towards me with that annoying long blade of his.
Using the whip of vines,I strike him backwards. He flies into a support beam,before slipping off of it,"You really think..."he says,hissing in pain,"That if you kill me here I won't try to drag you down with me?!"another laugh escapes him as he strikes his hand into the ground with all the might he has left.
Breaking it in half.
Black cracks spread like a disease around me. A short moment of tension passes between us before the earth I'm standing on capsizes beneath me.
As I fall,the echoes of his amusement ring in the air.
I didn't think I'd have to do this.
Stage six might even kill me. It's cutting it too freaking close but I just... I can't let him die like this. I can't this building fall over all three of us. So for the first time in my entire life,I do something I was always told not to.
I push to the limit of my blessing. My body reacts almost immediately,like all my muscles are ripping apart. The once small sparks of aether are now everywhere on my skin.
But it's not over because once it is there's an explosion as my body finishes adapting to the extreme conditions. Something is crawling out of my back and I don't want to think about what it is. All I know is it's keeping me in the air.
Once again,I summon my bow and arrow. As multiple symbols appear around me,"This ends here,Noid."I say,before taking my finishing blow

Kristian

Something just exploded.
Like it sent a wave through the earth,and it was green.
It was him.
Panic sprouts inside me as I make my way to my feet. I stumble as I push to my feet and run not away but towards it. Wherever it came from,I don't know how long I've been lying there,unconscious. I don't know if this is the afterlife.
I don't care anyway. Because something just happened and I have a feeling it's terrible. I remember where I got hit,my hand slapping against my throat once again.  There's dried blood all around it but it's healed,nothing but a deep set wound.
I know that this is the work of someone with powers. A god of health. Him.
"...Lewis?"I croak out,tripping over stone like a drunk man. The only thing keeping me on my feet is worry. Worry that something could've happened to him.
That's what that psycho wanted. To bring down an avatar,he said. Maybe he wanted Elijah to come,to save me. Then he'd kill him.
The thought makes me walk faster,"Elijah?"I call,afraid that in the end I make it out of here but he doesn't.
Then what? He has a family. He has sworn brothers. He has children. He has an ENTIRE city that would fall apart if he left. I always told him that the world would keep spinning if he ever left.
But it won't. If he doesn't come back from this... the world,it'll never be the same.
"Elijah?!"I cry,limping as I make my way forward. Sniffling as I start to sob. Then I see him,floating in the air like a cloud because he has... wings?
He's flying. Literally flying over a hole in the parking lot. Emerald green feathers beating against gravity,moving so elegantly. Swaying like leaves in the forest when a gentle wind blows.
I'm marvelling,and I swear even angels envy this man. They're opening the clouds that cover heaven just to sing at the bewitching sight that is him.
He draws an arrow with his weapon that seems to glow,like a star. Pulling it all the way back,"This ends here,Noid."he says before releasing the arrow. Yet another sharp burst of green light upon the earth. So intense that I close my eyes and when I open them,the hooded man is no longer there on the other end of the space.
His form has sizzling into smoke. Just from one shot. One single blow.
Amazing.
In a trance of awe I walk foward,wanting to be closer to this figure. Unsure if it's the man I once knew or a god. An agent of divine punishment.
He continues to hover in the air above the drop,and I stop right before I slip and fall into the abyss. I reach my hand outwards,towards this undying light of being. "Elijah?"I ask,in uncertainty,
He actually starts to turn. Revealing the golden vine that's been bent into a crown onto his head. The deer horns that stand like testimonies of power on either side of his head. His body almost seems like it's been set a flame with green fire.
Smiling,I reach as far as I can go. Beckoning him to hold my hand,because I see in those eyes the man I know. No matter how godly he seems on the outside.
But as he continues to turn something snaps.
His wings start to dissolve as though their in acid along with everything. One by one his feathers fall apart. Into the cliff.
So does he.
A scream escapes me as I reach even further,"NO!"I yell,trying to reach his hand which is lifted ever so slightly upwards. His eyes shutting,
So close. So close.
Something blows into me from nowhere,pushing me back and whipping the air out of me. I fall back onto to the ground then I scramble upwards. Touching where I was hit,my fingers latching onto a round object. Ripping it off my neck,I stare at it.
A pendent. With the symbol of a phoenix flying free from a rose.
I know this jewel. It's the relics Elijah was recovering. But why... why is it here? Did Elijah-
Elijah. I gasp to myself,running from the ground. Somehow,in some way I panic enough to get down to where he is. He's there. Looking so still in the dark. Almost he didn't just fall more than fifteen feet into the earth.
Like he's simply sleeping. I rush towards him and hold him in my arms. He has never,ever felt so limp. Even if he was tired there was a stiffness in his muscles,something that made him seem... alive. Real.
Right now it feels like he's slipping away from the world. Then I see it,under him,is a bed of freshly bloomed roses. Red as rubies. Red as blood shed.
I ignore them and put my finger under his nose. He's barely breathing. I place my ear straight to his chest.
Nothing. I keep pressing everywhere and find nothing. No heart beat paired with a withering warmth. "Elijah,wake up."I plea,putting my hands together as I start pumping,trying to wake his heart back up as best I can.
I keep going as I call to him. "Elijah,don't sleep. I know you're tired but you can't sleep."I beg,pumping into his chest. I need to get him help. I need to-
"Oh,Lyria,in the light realm-"I look up for a slipt second and see someone above us. Kane. Jonathan Kane.
As he makes his way down,I keep doing my cpr. Over and over with all the strength I have left,"Come on,Elijah. Don't give up. Not yet-"
"Hey,autumn head!"I look up again,and see Shane walking towards us in the ruble before kneeling next to me,"Switch with me."he says,his hands slipping onto Elijah's chest,
I reluctantly let him do it. "How long have you been doing cpr for?"
"I don't know... "I say,shaking my head quietly,
"How'd he fall?"Kane asks,pressing his fingers to Elijah's neck.
"I don't know. I really... he just did and I came here. You two can get him out of here,right?"
"Easy."Shane says.

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A couple days later,

The elevator dings and I hold my flowers closer to my chest as I take the step foward along with so many other people. It smells like disinfectant and all the other harsh chemicals the hospital uses to keep everything clean.
It's almost as strong as the lights. Gosh,the lights. I've never been one to like the place but because Elijah is still admitted with the myriad of injuries he incurred I should come to at least see him.
Even if he can't see me. I wish he'd just wake up so I could hug him.
"You're early."my head snaps up to see Mrs Lewis sitting on one of chairs right outside Elijah's room,
"Mrs Lewis,good afternoon. I'm just-"
"Here to visit him. I know,it's barely visiting time yet."she says,tapping the chair beside her for me to take a seat,
"Oh,is it?"I laugh awkwardly,sitting next to her. She seems tired and emotionless,as always. She glances at me,her eyes dropping down to my neck. That's been wrapped countless times by a bandage to hide the ghastly scar underneath.
The stitches on the part of my ear that was hanging off from the slash,covered in dry gauze. I probably look pale as well. Either way I don't look good enough to be here entertaining an audience with the former queen of spring.
Her eyes move away after a short moment,"Shane begrudgingly told me that you saved his life."she says,
"No- it was him. He saved me."I could've died there. On the spot.
"I don't care who saved who,I'm just greatful that you brought my son back to me alive."she says,cross one of her legs over the other,"... what happened in there anyway? All that was heard was this green explosion. Then every plant,everywhere just burst- like they were reaching for the sky."I shake my head slowly,
"I don't know. I was unconscious at that point,after-"The memory of that man ripping apart my flesh and chasing me has been haunting me ever since it happened. She holds my hand gesturing for me to take my time. "I heard Oliver's voice. I didn't think as to how he might have even gotten there- I just ran. Then I found myself clawing at straws to try and save my life."
"That man is truly,truly awful. He dares to..."
"Impersonate voices."I say,trying to think about how I even fell for that,
"Thank Lyria the both of you are back,"
"Again I'm sorry for all of this-"
"Sorry for what? Making him love you to the point that he couldn't let you die in there? Kristian,nothing you could've done could make him not save you. That's the heart of a hero. And it belongs to you,"I reel back when she says this,putting my hands up in front of me as if I'm pushing the words back at her. The claim,
"I'm glad you stole him from his sorrows. I've never seen him so infatuated with something in my entire life."she shakes her head,in disbelief. Amusement dancing in her eyes,"who knows how long he'd live like that if you hadn't come along?"
"Mrs Lewis-"
"I'm no longer in possession of that title. Just call me Annabeth,or Anna."
"That's inappropriate."I argue,
"It's not,now that you're part of this family whether you like it or not."she says facing me but then I realise her eyes have dropped. To my necklace,"Where did you find this?"She asks,her brows squeezed together,
"It appeared once the fight was over and,I felt a connection to it."I explain,nervously,
"Allow me?"she asks,placing her hands foward. I hand it to her and she looks at it for a long while. Before smiling,"When Elijah turned twenty five,this pendant fell off my neck and the pieces shattered. I couldn't find it no matter where I looked. His father had given it to me,let's say I never recovered,"
"You can have it- it's way too fancy for me anyway."I say. It's embellished with real pearls and gold,and I'm assuming that the jewel is a real ruby too,it's gorgeous.she shakes her head smirking,
"No,it's yours now,"She says dropping it back into my hands,"Do you know what it is?"I shake my head,
"You'll find out soon."